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FRIDAY, December 21, 1990
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By JAN KMGHT-&NN A
The Colore0oa
Local officials are concerned about
the U.S. government's plans to build a
$7.5 million post office between com-
mercial and residential areas in south
Fort Collins.
The new office will be built by 1992 on
a triangle of land at JFK and Troutman
parkways and Boardwalk Drive, Postal
Service officials said Thursday.
It will face The Landings neighbor-
hood to the north, with Its loading docks
facing the back sides of commercial
shopping centers along College Avenue.
Because the federal government is not
obligated to go through Fort Collins'
planning process, city officials said they
fear that traffic patterns, site develop-
ment and building design will not match
city codes.
"The Postal Service has the federal
authority to carry out their duties," said
Ted Shepard of the city planning depart-
ment. "They are not subject to local
rules."
Postal Service officials said, however,
that they want the new facility to be a
beauty.
"We want it to be a showpiece for the
city," said David Herrera, officer in
charge of the Postal Service in Fort Csol-
lins.
This morning, members of the City
Council legislative review committee
are scheduled to discuss whether Fort
Collins has any control over how the
Postal Service develops the site, said
Councilman Dave Edwards, who lives in
The Landings. The new post office will
shin his district.
If the new facility caters to customers
in the rapidly growing south part of
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street from Phar-Mor discount
store's loading docks, McMullen
said. erations
"A lot of downtown op
will be going down there.''
stal offi-
town. Edwards said, "it will have a sig-
nificant impact on (residential) streets
like Landings Drive."
Local postal officials declined to name
the seller of the property or reveal the
purchase price because they were
unsure whether the land purchase was
complete.
The new office will help streamline
the handling of the quarter -million
pieces of mall and 50,000 deliveries the
downtown office now handles each day,
said Jim McMullen, Littleton postal offi-
cer in charge and former officer In
charge for Fort Collins.
The main post office, located on the
first floor of the—kederal Building on
Howes Street, was built In 1972.
About 135 employees will work at the
new facility and *ny will be trans-
ferred from the downtown office, he
said.
cials are scheduled to meet with
architects today to finalize pre
liminary blueprints and discuss
traffic flow and thbuilding's
interior design. Herrera said.
The postalCo.of
SDenver to handle
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rick t o. details.
architectural and scheduled to
Construction
begin ,n June or July.
Herrera and other Po
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Fort Collins and measured the p
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safe It would be for employes
McMullen said. They alto looked
site that could handle postal
needs for the next 20 years.
The building will measure it
square feet — 30,000 square lest
than the downtown post office
will hold six customer windows
2.000 post office boxes, similar to
downtown office, McMullen said. 1410
The new post office will have two
of front doors, one facing northeast
the other northwest. Both will face IM
[ions of The Landings neighborhood. „ ,
Loading docks for the post otflce'q
foot tractor -trailer trucks will
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